Toga's Contract

Sure enough, anyone who came to the deck would be noticed by Barus, which was probably what those unknown enemies wanted to see. Alain looked at Barus, who stood before him like a sage king, lowered his head, and respectfully said, "Captain Barus, we've noticed the ship is rocking, and we were wondering if we could do our part to help you."

"Forget it, you're completely useless." Barus shook his head, staring coldly at Alain. "Besides, I don't believe you Dark Shadow, who only help me for your own gain. You're definitely up to something."

For them to suddenly emerge from the room in such large groups at this hour, something must have happened; Dark Shadow wouldn't be so kind.

That's just how the captain is; he never says a word of politeness, which is why he's so hard to deal with. Alain thought to himself, sighing slightly, but still offering polite words. "How could that be? We share a common fate now. If anything happens to this ship, we'll be in deep trouble too. It's better to take control ourselves than to entrust our lives to others, right?"

"By the way, Captain, is there anything bothering you, or have you seen anyone else on deck? We can help," Alain asked, seemingly casually.

Now that things had come to this point, even if Barus had some doubts, he couldn't continue targeting Alain. After all, they were equals, just cooperating partners, and it wouldn't be good to break off relations.

Barus stepped aside, blocking the doorway, and gestured angrily towards the sperm whale. "See that? That's the biggest problem on deck, besides me, it's the only other one."

Alain looked in that direction, a look of amazement flashing in his eyes. "Is this the sperm whale that's been bothering you? It really is enormous."

The deck was several tens of square meters, but now two-thirds of it was occupied by the sperm whale's massive body, leaving little room for them to stand. Looking around, all Alain could see were the sperm whale's eyes under its flat head emitting a murky, ambiguous light, as if it could open its mouth and swallow them whole at any moment.

Not only Alain, but all his men were stunned, as if they were monsters from a CG movie. The whale in front of them made them feel unreal.

Seeing their stunned expressions, Barus sneered, "Do you know what you're about to face? Before that guy gets angry, you'd better get back into the cabin."

Alain recovered from his daze and smiled confidently, "Captain Barus, is this the kind of creature that's bothering you? Let me help you solve it."

"You?"

"And of course, my dearest companion, Miss Toga." Alain gave Toga a meaningful look behind her.

After Alain briefly explained his idea, Barus immediately frowned and rejected it. "What a joke! I absolutely will not allow you to risk the lives of my passengers!"

Alain didn't speak, but waved his hand. His Toga immediately dragged Toga, whose hands were tied behind his back and whose head was covered by a black bag, over.

"Is she my passenger? Why are you tying her up?" Alain asked angrily. "No one, no matter who they are, has the right to act so recklessly on my ship!"

"No, no, no, this isn't an ordinary passenger," Alain corrected. "It's a petty thief who stole our things."

At Alain's signal, Toga's hood was removed, and the tape over his mouth was torn off.

Toga shook her head, then, upon seeing Barus in front of her, immediately shouted, "Captain, I'm innocent! I'm just an ordinary girl, and this guy just tied me up for no reason!"

"Are you the lady I met back then?" Barus looked at Himiko Toga, his momentum faltered, he deactivated his Quirk and reverted to his original appearance, a burly man with a thick beard.

Barus Himiko Toga in the elevator; she was being chased by a Werewolf, and Barus rescued her, telling her to leave quickly. But now, how did she end up being captured by Alain?

"Oh my god, you're the uncle who helped me back then!" Himiko Toga. "Please, please help me! I'm innocent!"

"I await your explanation." Barus stared at Alain, saying nothing more, only giving him a piercing gaze.

"So the person who was watching over me was taken care of by the captain. No wonder." Seeing that the two knew each other, Alain finally had a question in his mind answered: why would the person sent by the organization suddenly turn against them and disappear?

Alain took a folded piece of paper from inside his clothes and handed it to Barus: "Captain, she's not innocent. She's a member of the organization that signed an agreement with us."

The paper that Alain handed to Barus Toga to join the Dark Shadow. Not only was her name written on it in black and white, but it also had her fingerprints on it.

Himiko Toga jumped up, glanced at the sign, and loudly retorted, "I don't recall ever signing such an agreement!"

Although she said that, she actually knew very well that it was probably the clone she had released that did the work! Honestly, it was far too lenient for her to be killed by that person!

"I think the captain still remembers our original agreement, right?" Alain smiled confidently. This contract was originally intended to reassure Toga Clones and make her work for me, but she just disappeared like that. I thought the agreement had lost its effect, but now it has become a tool to make this old-fashioned captain compromise.

Toga cursed inwardly, but it did nothing to change the current situation. I could only watch as Barus silently handed the contract to Alain.

"I understand. She's yours, and I won't stop you from doing whatever you want," Barus replied coldly.

Barus had made an agreement with Alain that none of the Dark Shadow members would be under his command, and even if Alain sent them to their deaths, it would not be within his jurisdiction. At the time, Barus thought this was just a rule to control his subordinates and agreed without much consideration.

Now that the girl has signed such a contract, Barus can no longer be responsible for her life or death. Besides, how could someone who signs such a contract be an ordinary passenger?

Who knows which of her words are true and which are false? Maybe, as Alain said, she's a petty thief?